The number of new Covid-19 infections in China fell this Thursday after the National Health Commission today reported 34,980 cases detected the day before, of which 30,539 (87%) are asymptomatic by the institution’s standards.
Of the 4,278 symptomatic cases, the vast majority (4,233) occurred due to local transmission within the borders of the country, with a special incidence in areas such as Canton (southeast, 1,782), Beijing (942) and Chongqing (center, 189) .
The 30,702 asymptomatic cases registered in the country were concentrated in the same areas, although it should be remembered that the health authorities do not include them in their balance of confirmed cases unless they begin to show the required symptoms.
The Commission also indicated that 45 of the symptomatic cases and 163 of the asymptomatic cases were detected in travelers arriving from abroad.
Across the country, more than 396,000 people have been isolated under medical observation for being asymptomatic carriers of the virus, including about 1,780 from other areas.
China, which has a strict “zero-tolerance” policy on the new coronavirus, has seen waves of outbreaks attributed to the omicron variant in recent months that have caused a record number of infections since the start of the pandemic. were not seen again in the first half of the year. 2020.
The National Health Commission also indicated that more than 2,877 patients were discharged throughout Tuesday after successfully overcoming covid.
The number of active persons with symptoms in mainland China now stands at 38,748, of whom 98 are in serious condition.
Since last weekend, protests have erupted in several cities across China over exhaustion due to restrictions imposed to contain outbreaks.
Cantón, which records thousands of new cases a day, witnessed riots in recent days between residents of outbreak-hit neighborhoods and security forces dressed in PPE suits.
According to the institution’s accounts, the country has recorded a total of 327,964 infections — a figure excluding asymptomatic patients — and 5,233 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
To date, approximately 13.2 million close contacts with infected people have been medically monitored, with more than two million remaining in some form of quarantine
Source: El heraldo
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